Index: chromium/src/chrome/browser/first_run/first_run_linux.cc
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--- chrome/browser/first_run/first_run_internal_linux.cc
+++ chrome/browser/first_run/first_run_internal_linux.cc
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 base::FilePath MasterPrefsPath() {
   // The standard location of the master prefs is next to the chrome binary.
   base::FilePath master_prefs;
-  if (!PathService::Get(base::DIR_EXE, &master_prefs))
-    return base::FilePath();
+  master_prefs = base::FilePath("/etc/chromium");
   return master_prefs.AppendASCII(installer::kDefaultMasterPrefs);
 }

